MankaleverbyAliMacKisackillustratedbyFlaviaSorrentinoPAIREDREADFromBeetoYouFolktaleASTRATEGIES&SKILLSWordCount:2,949****Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyPersonificationVocabularyassuring,detected,emerging,gratitude,guidance,outcome,previous,pursuitContentStandardsSciencePhysicalScienceCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118723-2MHID:0-02-118723-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1RichesandRiddles.............................2Chapter2CleverSolutions................................6Chapter3ThatWhichIsHeldMostDear..................11RespondtoReading...........................16FromBeetoYou....................17FocusonGenre...............................20EssentialQuestionWhenhasaplanhelpedyouaccomplishatask?MankaleverbyAliMacKisackillustratedbyFlaviaSorrentinoTherewasoncealaborerwhowasverypoor.Hewasalsohumble,hardworking,andashonestasthedayislong.Helivedinasmallcottageontheedgeofavillagewithhisdaughter,Manka.Hehadnowife,andshehadnomother,becausesomeyearsearlier,thehumblelaborer’swifehaddiedofafever.Althoughtheywerepoorandhadonlyeachother,Mankaandherfatherwereveryhappytogetherandfoundeachothergoodcompany.Thelaborerworkedforotherpeople,plowingtheirfields,tendingstock,ormakingrepairstocartsandbarns.Hewasgivenmeatorgrain,orsometimesananimalaspayment.Once,thelaboreragreedtoplowarichfarmer’sfieldsinreturnforacow.Heverymuchwantedtoownacow.Itwouldprovidehimwithmilk,andintime,acalftosell.Themanworkedfromsunupuntilsund...
